PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Keeping good records and analyzing them provides ranchers an opportunity
to fine-tune their ranch’s management and to increase profits, says Dr. David Fernandez,
Cooperative Extension Program livestock specialist at the University of Arkansas at
Pine Bluff.

PINE BLUFF, Ark. --Dr. Carole R. Engle, director of the Aquaculture/Fisheries Center
of Excellence at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), has received the
United States Aquaculture Society Distinguished Service Award.

LITTLE ROCK – Opening day at the 2014 Arkansas Flower and Garden show featured a bevy
of honors include Greening of Arkansas grants, show garden awards and a special award
to Carol Mendel of Little Rock as the Volunteer of the Year.

LITTLE ROCK -- The Effects the just-passed Farm Bill will have on Southern agriculture
will be part of a webinar, “Implications of the 2014 Farm Bill on Federal Crop Insurance,
set for Monday, March 3, from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. CST.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A team of scientists at the University of Arkansas System Division
of Agriculture will discuss preliminary findings from its recent report on water monitoring
near the C&H Hog Farm in Newton County. Members of the Big Creek Research and Extension
Team will present “Big Creek and the C&H Farm: The Science” at 3 p.m. March 4 at Hembree
Auditorium in the Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Building on the UA campus.
The AFLS Building is on Maple Street just west of Garland Avenue.

LITTLE ROCK – County 76, the state advisory group of the Arkansas Master Gardeners
is seeking applications for a $1,000 scholarship established to honor Janet Carson,
author, garden guru and extension horticulture specialist for University of Arkansas
System Division of Agriculture.

TEXARKANA, Ark. – Trans fats can make food taste better, last longer on the grocery
store shelf and improve food texture, but once consumed, they can raise levels of
bad cholesterol and the risk of heart disease.

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Succession planning is one way to help keep the next generation
on the farm and meet the financial needs of all the family members, says Dr. David
Fernandez, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Cooperative Extension Program livestock
management specialist. “There are seven steps to creating a farm succession plan,”
he says.

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas’ cattle numbers recovering nearly two years after the start
of a drought that caused $128 million damage to the state’s beef industry, while national
numbers plummet to their lowest levels in more than 60 years.

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Feb. 28 is the deadline for Arkansas row crop producers to make
all crop insurance decisions for spring crops. Growers have until then to decide if
they want to purchase crop insurance, reinstate crop insurance, which crops they want
to insure and their levels of coverage for the 2014 crop insurance year.

LITTLE ROCK – Maybe it’s all the movies we watched growing up or the abundance of
YouTube videos of deer, foxes and coyotes feeding from our backyards. Whatever the
reason, we have an unrealistic view about feeding wildlife, and it can result in a
nuisance and even danger.

CONWAY, Ark. – Known in the past as “wolf peaches,” or “love apples,” there was once
a lot of mythology associated with the tomato. However, take some of the mystery out
of America’s most popular garden vegetable by joining the Faulkner County Extension
Office for a Tomato Workshop on Feb. 18.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Researchers conducting an in-depth examination of a controversial
hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed have been employing ground-penetrating radar,
grid soil-sampling and water-monitoring devices as they lay groundwork for the multi-phase,
long-term study, according to a report submitted to the governors’ office.

LITTLE ROCK – Even though the storm system that encased many parts of Arkansas in
ice has past, there is still potential for damage from falling trees and limbs, Tamara
Walkingstick, associate director of the Arkansas Forest Resources Center, said Friday.

LITTLE ROCK – Bees, bamboo and bottle trees are just three of the topics set to engage
your gardening brain at the 2014 Arkansas Flower and Garden Show set for Feb. 21-23
at the Statehouse Convention Center.

TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Is your idea of cooking for one a bowl of cereal? It doesn't have
to be, said, Carla Haley-Hadley, Miller County extension agent for the University
of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.